[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":724},["ShallowReactive",2],{"guide-st-peregrine-novena-for-cancer":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"description":712,"extension":713,"meta":714,"navigation":719,"path":720,"seo":721,"stem":722,"__hash__":723},"content/guides/st-peregrine-novena-for-cancer.md","St. Peregrine Novena for Cancer — 9 Days of Prayer for Healing",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":685},"minimark",[9,14,18,21,24,27,31,34,37,40,42,46,49,52,54,58,72,74,78,90,96,99,104,118,120,124,132,137,140,144,155,157,161,169,178,181,185,192,194,198,206,211,214,218,229,231,235,243,248,251,255,265,267,271,279,284,287,291,298,300,304,312,317,320,324,331,333,337,345,350,353,357,364,366,370,378,383,386,390,400,402,406,416,418,422,425,431,437,443,455,461,463,467,472,475,479,492,496,499,501,505,625,627,631],[10,11,13],"h2",{"id":12},"about-this-novena","About This Novena",[15,16,17],"p",{},"This novena is for someone with cancer, or with another illness serious enough to change a life. You may be the patient. You may be the spouse, parent, child or friend praying from the chair beside the bed. Each day speaks to both; where a prayer says \"I,\" a family can say \"we.\"",[15,19,20],{},"A novena is nine consecutive days of prayer for one intention. This one is prayed with St. Peregrine Laziosi, the Servite priest healed of cancer the night before his leg was to be amputated. Each day has a reading from the Douay-Rheims Bible, a short reflection and an original prayer.",[15,22,23],{},"This novena accompanies medical treatment and never replaces it. Decisions about surgery, chemotherapy, radiation or any other treatment belong to the patient and their doctors. Pray the nine days, and keep every appointment.",[25,26],"hr",{},[10,28,30],{"id":29},"st-peregrine-and-this-need","St. Peregrine and This Need",[15,32,33],{},"Peregrine was born at Forlì, in Italy, in 1265 according to the Catholic Encyclopedia. At eighteen he struck St. Philip Benizi, the Servite prior general sent to preach peace to his rebellious city, then asked his forgiveness and later joined Philip's order, where he gave himself to the psalms, to long prayer and to the poor.",[15,35,36],{},"At about sixty his varicose veins degenerated into cancer of the right leg, and a physician decided to amputate. The night before the operation Peregrine dragged himself before the crucifix in the chapter room and seemed to see Jesus come down from the cross to heal his leg. The next day the doctor could find no sign of the cancer. He died about 1345, almost eighty, and was canonized in 1726.",[15,38,39],{},"By tradition he is the patron of people with cancer and of anyone with a serious or incurable illness; no papal document names him so. Catholics bring cancer to him because he knew the diagnosis, the surgeon's plan and the fear of the night before, and prayed anyway.",[25,41],{},[10,43,45],{"id":44},"how-to-pray-this-novena","How to Pray This Novena",[15,47,48],{},"Pray once a day for nine days in a row: the opening prayer, then the day's Scripture, reflection and prayer, then the closing line. It takes about five minutes. If you miss a day, do not start over; pray the day you missed and go on.",[15,50,51],{},"Begin on any day. Many begin the night before a scan, a biopsy or an operation, as Peregrine prayed the night before his, or on the nine days before his feast. He is not on the General Roman Calendar, and sources differ on the day: Franciscan Mission Associates gives May 1, the Servite priory at Benburb keeps May 4, and the 1912 Catholic Encyclopedia gives April 30. Keep the day your parish keeps.",[25,53],{},[10,55,57],{"id":56},"opening-prayer-pray-each-day","Opening Prayer (Pray Each Day)",[59,60,61,69],"blockquote",{},[15,62,63,64,68],{},"Lord Jesus, you healed Peregrine at the foot of the cross on the night he expected to lose his leg. I come to that same cross. I bring you this illness and the one who carries it, ",[65,66,67],"span",{},"name",", and I bring myself, with everything I feel and cannot say. Let us tell you the truth about our fear and keep praying through it. Heal, Lord, if healing is your will; and if the way is long, do not leave us to walk it alone. Amen.",[15,70,71],{},"St. Peregrine, pray for us.",[25,73],{},[10,75,77],{"id":76},"day-1-the-diagnosis","Day 1 — The Diagnosis",[15,79,80,84,85,89],{},[81,82,83],"strong",{},"Scripture:"," ",[86,87,88],"em",{},"\"His sisters therefore sent to him, saying: Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.\""," — John 11:3",[15,91,92,95],{},[81,93,94],{},"Reflection:","\nThe first thing Martha and Mary did when their brother fell ill was send word to Jesus. They did not explain the illness or argue for a cure. They told him who was sick and that he loved the man.",[15,97,98],{},"A diagnosis arrives as a sentence in a small room, and then life goes on around it while nothing feels the same. You may be the one who heard it, or the one told afterward by phone. Today's task is only this: send word. Tell the Lord the name, the word the doctor used and the date of the next appointment. Tell him this is someone he loves. You do not need the right words. You need the sisters' words.",[15,100,101],{},[81,102,103],{},"Prayer:",[59,105,106,116],{},[15,107,108,109,111,112,115],{},"Lord, behold, the one you love is sick. The name is ",[65,110,67],{},". The word the doctor used was ",[65,113,114],{},"name it",". I do not know what it will mean, and I am not asking you to explain. I am sending word, as the sisters did, because you should be the first to know. Keep this name before you through every scan and every night. Amen.",[15,117,71],{},[25,119],{},[10,121,123],{"id":122},"day-2-fear-of-what-is-coming","Day 2 — Fear of What Is Coming",[15,125,126,84,128,131],{},[81,127,83],{},[86,129,130],{},"\"Fear not, for I have redeemed thee, and called thee by thy name: thou art mine.\""," — Isaias (Isaiah) 43:1",[15,133,134,136],{},[81,135,94],{},"\nFear of what is coming is its own illness. The surgery date, the first infusion, the follow-up scan: each one sits on the calendar and pulls the mind toward it. Patient and family lie awake running the day in advance.",[15,138,139],{},"The next verse speaks of water and fire. God does not promise there will be no water to cross; he says, \"I will be with thee.\" He calls you by name and claims you before he mentions the water. You belonged to him before this illness, and you will belong to him after it. Peregrine did not know what morning would bring and dragged himself to the crucifix anyway. Today, name the thing you dread most, and let God say your name back.",[15,141,142],{},[81,143,103],{},[59,145,146,153],{},[15,147,148,149,152],{},"Lord, you said: fear not. I am afraid of ",[65,150,151],{},"name it: the surgery, the treatment, the results, the pain",". I will not pretend otherwise in front of you. You called me by name and said I am yours. Say it again tonight, slowly, until I can hear it over the fear. Be in the water with us. Give us one quiet hour of sleep. Amen.",[15,154,71],{},[25,156],{},[10,158,160],{"id":159},"day-3-the-body-in-treatment","Day 3 — The Body in Treatment",[15,162,163,84,165,168],{},[81,164,83],{},[86,166,167],{},"\"Honour the physician for the need thou hast of him: for the most High hath created him.\""," — Ecclesiasticus (Sirach) 38:1",[15,170,171,173,174,177],{},[81,172,94],{},"\nTreatment is hard on the body. Chemotherapy, radiation, surgery and the drugs that follow take hair, appetite, sleep and strength. Scripture tells the sick to honor the physician, because God made him, and to take the medicine, because God made that too. The same chapter adds: ",[86,175,176],{},"\"My son, in thy sickness neglect not thyself, but pray to the Lord\""," (Ecclesiasticus 38:9). Prayer and the physician are not rivals.",[15,179,180],{},"If you are the patient, pray for your body as it is this week: the port, the scar, the nausea, the tiredness. If you are the family, pray for the body you are watching change, and for the hands on it. In the sacraments, the Catechism says, Christ goes on touching us to heal us (CCC 1504).",[15,182,183],{},[81,184,103],{},[59,186,187,190],{},[15,188,189],{},"Lord, you made this body, and you made the medicine being poured into it. I bring you both. Bless the oncologist, the surgeon, the nurses and the pharmacist; give them steady hands and clear judgment. Let the treatment do its work, and no more harm than it must. Touch this body as you touched Peregrine's leg, in whatever way you choose. Amen.",[15,191,71],{},[25,193],{},[10,195,197],{"id":196},"day-4-the-people-caring-for-you","Day 4 — The People Caring for You",[15,199,200,84,202,205],{},[81,201,83],{},[86,203,204],{},"\"And they came to him, bringing one sick of the palsy, who was carried by four.\""," — Mark 2:3",[15,207,208,210],{},[81,209,94],{},"\nThe paralyzed man did not walk to Jesus. Four people carried him, found the door blocked by the crowd, and opened the roof to let him down. Jesus saw their faith, the faith of the carriers, and spoke to the sick man.",[15,212,213],{},"Every serious illness has its four. The spouse who learns the drug names. The friend who fills the freezer. The nurse who notices. If you are the patient, pray for them by name, and let them carry you without apologizing for the weight. Being carried is not failure; it is how the man reached Jesus. If you are one of the four, pray for strength to keep lifting, and for the humility to let someone else take a corner.",[15,215,216],{},[81,217,103],{},[59,219,220,227],{},[15,221,222,223,226],{},"Lord, thank you for the people carrying this bed. ",[65,224,225],{},"Name them."," Give them strength in their arms and patience in their hearts. When the door is blocked, show them the roof. Keep them well, let them sleep, and send someone to carry them when they cannot go on. If I am the one being carried, take away my shame at needing it. Amen.",[15,228,71],{},[25,230],{},[10,232,234],{"id":233},"day-5-asking-for-healing-plainly","Day 5 — Asking for Healing Plainly",[15,236,237,84,239,242],{},[81,238,83],{},[86,240,241],{},"\"If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. And Jesus having compassion on him, stretched forth his hand; and touching him, saith to him: I will. Be thou made clean.\""," — Mark 1:40–41",[15,244,245,247],{},[81,246,94],{},"\nThe leper did not make a speech. He knelt and said one sentence: if you want to, you can. Jesus reached out, touched a man no one touched, and said: I want to.",[15,249,250],{},"Halfway through, ask for the cure in plain words. Many people ask only for strength, or for God's will, because asking for a cure feels presumptuous. Ask anyway. Say: heal this cancer. Say: let the scan be clear. Peregrine prayed before the crucifix and kept his leg. The Catechism says Jesus \"has the power not only to heal, but also to forgive sins\" and that \"he has come to heal the whole man, soul and body\" (CCC 1503). Ask for the whole person, and ask for the body out loud.",[15,252,253],{},[81,254,103],{},[59,256,257,263],{},[15,258,259,260,262],{},"Lord, if you will, you can heal ",[65,261,67],{},". I am asking plainly: take this cancer away. Let the treatment work, let the scans come back clear, let the doctors be surprised. I am not telling you what you must do. I am telling you what I want, the way the leper did, on my knees. Stretch out your hand. Say: I will. Amen.",[15,264,71],{},[25,266],{},[10,268,270],{"id":269},"day-6-when-healing-does-not-come","Day 6 — When Healing Does Not Come",[15,272,273,84,275,278],{},[81,274,83],{},[86,276,277],{},"\"For which thing thrice I besought the Lord, that it might depart from me. And he said to me: My grace is sufficient for thee; for power is made perfect in infirmity.\""," — 2 Corinthians 12:8–9",[15,280,281,283],{},[81,282,94],{},"\nPaul asked three times. He got a different gift: grace enough for today, and a power that shows itself in weakness.",[15,285,286],{},"Some cancers are cured. Some are not. The Catechism says that Christ \"did not heal all the sick,\" and that by his passion and death he gave suffering a new meaning: it can now unite us with his redemptive Passion (CCC 1505). Illness, it adds, can make a person more mature, able to see what matters (CCC 1501). None of this tells a doctor to stop trying, or you to stop asking. It is what a Christian holds when the answer is no, or not yet: the suffering is not wasted, and weakness is where Christ's power lives.",[15,288,289],{},[81,290,103],{},[59,292,293,296],{},[15,294,295],{},"Lord, I have asked, and I will keep asking. But today I pray for the day the answer is not what I asked for. If this illness stays, do not let it be wasted. Join it to your cross. Let the pain, the waiting and the losses count for something: for the ones I love, for the others in this ward, for the Church. Amen.",[15,297,71],{},[25,299],{},[10,301,303],{"id":302},"day-7-the-anointing-of-the-sick","Day 7 — The Anointing of the Sick",[15,305,306,84,308,311],{},[81,307,83],{},[86,309,310],{},"\"Is any man sick among you? Let him bring in the priests of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.\""," — James 5:14",[15,313,314,316],{},[81,315,94],{},"\nThe Anointing of the Sick is not only for the last hour. It \"is not a sacrament for those only who are at the point of death,\" the Catechism says; the fitting time arrives as soon as a believer is in danger of death from sickness or old age (CCC 1514). It can be repeated if the illness worsens, and it is fitting to receive it just before a serious operation (CCC 1515). Its first grace is strengthening, peace and courage; it is meant to heal the soul, and the body if that is God's will (CCC 1520).",[15,318,319],{},"If you have not been anointed since this diagnosis, call your parish this week. If you are the family, make the call, and ask for Confession and Communion too.",[15,321,322],{},[81,323,103],{},[59,325,326,329],{},[15,327,328],{},"Lord, you told the sick to send for the priests of the Church. Send one to this bedside. Through oil and the laying on of hands, give the one who is sick your own strength, peace and courage. Forgive what needs forgiving. Raise them up, in body if you will it, in soul in any case. Take away our fear of asking too early. Amen.",[15,330,71],{},[25,332],{},[10,334,336],{"id":335},"day-8-for-the-others-in-the-ward","Day 8 — For the Others in the Ward",[15,338,339,84,341,344],{},[81,340,83],{},[86,342,343],{},"\"Naked, and you covered me: sick, and you visited me: I was in prison, and you came to me.\""," — Matthew 25:36",[15,346,347,349],{},[81,348,94],{},"\nLook around the infusion room or the ward. Every chair holds a story like yours. Some have no one to drive them home. Some heard worse news than you did this morning. Christ says he is in each of them: sick, and you visited me. The Catechism says his compassion for those who suffer goes so far that he identifies himself with them (CCC 1503).",[15,351,352],{},"Today the novena turns outward. If you are the patient, you have a ministry here that no one else has, because you are inside the room. Pray for the person in the next chair. If you are the family, pray for the other families in the hallway, and for the staff who carry it home at night.",[15,354,355],{},[81,356,103],{},[59,358,359,362],{},[15,360,361],{},"Lord, today I pray for everyone else in this ward, this clinic and this waiting room. For the ones who are alone. For the ones whose news was worse than ours. For the children. For the ones who have stopped hoping. For the nurses, aides and cleaners who see all of it. Visit each of them, through us if you want to. Amen.",[15,363,71],{},[25,365],{},[10,367,369],{"id":368},"day-9-trust-and-surrender","Day 9 — Trust and Surrender",[15,371,372,84,374,377],{},[81,373,83],{},[86,375,376],{},"\"And going a little further, he fell upon his face, praying, and saying: My Father, if it be possible, let this chalice pass from me. Nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.\""," — Matthew 26:39",[15,379,380,382],{},[81,381,94],{},"\nJesus asked for the cup to pass. He asked with his face on the ground, more than once. Then he handed the outcome to his Father. The plain asking of Day 5 and the surrender of Day 9 are one prayer, said by the same Lord on the same night.",[15,384,385],{},"Surrender is not giving up on treatment, or pretending you do not care how this ends. It is deciding whom you trust with the ending. The patient can only do this for themselves, and the family only for their own hearts; in the garden Jesus asked his friends only to stay awake with him. If that is your part, stay awake. Hand the person and the calendar to the Father, and keep the next appointment.",[15,387,388],{},[81,389,103],{},[59,391,392,398],{},[15,393,394,395,397],{},"Father, if it is possible, let this chalice pass. I have said that for nine days, and I mean it still. Now I say the rest: not as I will, but as you will. I hand you ",[65,396,67],{},", the next scan, the next treatment and whatever comes after. I do not hand over my hope; I hand over my need to control the ending. Amen.",[15,399,71],{},[25,401],{},[10,403,405],{"id":404},"closing-prayer","Closing Prayer",[59,407,408,414],{},[15,409,410,411,413],{},"Lord Jesus, physician of souls and bodies, we have prayed nine days for ",[65,412,67],{},". You heard every word. We know that you reached down from the cross for Peregrine, and that you have not left this room. Strengthen the one who is sick and the ones who love them. If healing comes, let us thank you with our whole lives. If it does not come as we asked, hold us, and let nothing we have suffered be lost. Amen.",[15,415,71],{},[25,417],{},[10,419,421],{"id":420},"when-you-need-more-than-prayer","When You Need More Than Prayer",[15,423,424],{},"This novena accompanies medical treatment and never replaces it. Decisions about surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, clinical trials or stopping treatment belong to the patient and their doctors.",[15,426,427,430],{},[81,428,429],{},"Your oncologist and care team."," Bring them every question. Ask about palliative care early; it treats pain, nausea and fear alongside the cancer.",[15,432,433,436],{},[81,434,435],{},"Hospital chaplain and parish priest."," Ask for the Anointing of the Sick, Confession and Communion. Many hospitals have a chaplain who can call a Catholic priest; ask the nurses. A parish can bring the sacraments home.",[15,438,439,442],{},[81,440,441],{},"Counseling."," A diagnosis can bring depression and panic. Ask the care team for a counselor; Catholic Charities and diocesan offices can also refer you.",[15,444,445,448,449,454],{},[81,446,447],{},"The National Shrine of St. Peregrine."," The Servite friars in Chicago offer a Mass for the Sick with a blessing with his relic on the third Saturday of each month; prayer partner: ",[450,451,453],"a",{"href":452},"mailto:prayerpartner@stperegrine.org","prayerpartner@stperegrine.org",".",[15,456,457,460],{},[81,458,459],{},"If you are in crisis."," In the United States, call or text 988, the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. Despair during illness is a medical matter as much as a spiritual one; tell someone today.",[25,462],{},[10,464,466],{"id":465},"frequently-asked-questions","Frequently Asked Questions",[468,469,471],"h3",{"id":470},"can-i-pray-this-novena-for-someone-who-is-not-catholic","Can I pray this novena for someone who is not Catholic?",[15,473,474],{},"Yes. Intercession has no membership test. Pray every day for the person by name, and tell them you are doing it if that would comfort them; if not, pray anyway. The day on the Anointing is written for Catholics, but healing and strength may be asked for anyone, and God hears the asking.",[468,476,478],{"id":477},"what-if-the-person-dies-during-the-novena","What if the person dies during the novena?",[15,480,481,482,486,487,491],{},"Keep praying. The Church prays for the dead; prayer offered in faith is not lost. Finish the nine days for the repose of their soul and for the family, then turn to ",[450,483,485],{"href":484},"/guides/what-to-pray-when-someone-is-dying/","What to Pray When Someone Is Dying"," and the ",[450,488,490],{"href":489},"/prayers/for-grief/","prayer for grief",". Nothing you asked for was wasted.",[468,493,495],{"id":494},"is-it-wrong-to-ask-god-for-a-cure","Is it wrong to ask God for a cure?",[15,497,498],{},"No. Jesus healed people who asked plainly, and Peregrine prayed before the crucifix the night before his leg was to be cut off, and kept it. The liturgy, the Catechism says, \"has never failed to beg the Lord that the sick person may recover his health if it would be conducive to his salvation\" (CCC 1512).",[25,500],{},[10,502,504],{"id":503},"sources-used-on-this-page","Sources Used on This Page",[506,507,508,558,583,590,597,604,611,618],"ul",{},[509,510,511,512,517,518,522,523,527,528,532,533,537,538,542,543,547,548,552,553,557],"li",{},"Sacred Scripture: Douay-Rheims Bible, chapter pages at drbo.org: John 11 (",[450,513,514],{"href":514,"rel":515},"https://www.drbo.org/chapter/50011.htm",[516],"nofollow","), Isaias 43 (",[450,519,520],{"href":520,"rel":521},"https://www.drbo.org/chapter/27043.htm",[516],"), Ecclesiasticus 38 (",[450,524,525],{"href":525,"rel":526},"https://www.drbo.org/chapter/26038.htm",[516],"), Mark 1 (",[450,529,530],{"href":530,"rel":531},"https://www.drbo.org/chapter/48001.htm",[516],"), Mark 2 (",[450,534,535],{"href":535,"rel":536},"https://www.drbo.org/chapter/48002.htm",[516],"), 2 Corinthians 12 (",[450,539,540],{"href":540,"rel":541},"https://www.drbo.org/chapter/54012.htm",[516],"), James 5 (",[450,544,545],{"href":545,"rel":546},"https://www.drbo.org/chapter/66005.htm",[516],"), Matthew 25 (",[450,549,550],{"href":550,"rel":551},"https://www.drbo.org/chapter/47025.htm",[516],"), Matthew 26 (",[450,554,555],{"href":555,"rel":556},"https://www.drbo.org/chapter/47026.htm",[516],")",[509,559,560,561,565,566,565,570,565,574,578,579],{},"Catechism of the Catholic Church, nos. 1500–1523, Article 5, the Anointing of the Sick: ",[450,562,563],{"href":563,"rel":564},"https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P4K.HTM",[516],", ",[450,567,568],{"href":568,"rel":569},"https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P4L.HTM",[516],[450,571,572],{"href":572,"rel":573},"https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P4M.HTM",[516],[450,575,576],{"href":576,"rel":577},"https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P4N.HTM",[516],"; 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